Animal Welfare Alliance of DeKalb Co.

06/21/2025

Our newest foster, Rosetta, and her 8 pups have a PSA:
⚠️ LEAVE YOUR DOGS AT HOME TODAY, AND THE NEXT FEW HOTTT DAYS. ⚠️
🔥 Sidewalks are dangerously hot, cars are even hotter (deadly even)
🚽 Rosetta is aware potty breaks are needed, but she said most dogs potty on grass so avoid pavement, it sizzle paws.
👎 Dogs are not happy at hot festivals and cannot cool down when forced out in these dangerous temps. Keep them inside a home, with AC if possible.
If you see an animal in a hot car or other dangerous situation, call the DeKalb Co. Sheriff's office.

06/20/2025

We need 3 more traps! They are $50 each. If you can help us, that will be wonderful!
You can receive this iconic kitty cat as a token of appreciation for being a valued donor at $20 or more.
Please use the code or link in the post to make a donation to us. All are tax-deductible!

06/19/2025

We have been called to rescue two more baby ducks that were left in a neighborhood pond. We have rescued 12 total domesticated, abandoned ducks in 2025. Please, do not buy ducks until you have done your research. While adorable, they are also:
🦻LOUD. Some breeds were used in Asia to guard palaces due to their ability to alert so effectively.
👩‍🌾 MESSY. Do you love to clean, and often? You had better if you want pet ducks. They do best with a pond and shelter, not in your garage, backyard, or house. They carry some not-so-desirable bacteria you should avoid close contact with if they are not squeaky clean.
🦆 CURIOUS. They also need to have room to not be near roads or danger, or a fence. They have terrible eyesight (but great hearing) and will wander, some breeds for miles.
THANK YOU and much love to the kind callers who saw the ducks in need and let us know. You are the reason the world is a great place to live. 🤸‍♀️

06/17/2025

New lil' momma and her 8 babies in foster with us from HFW. Let's choose a name that honors momma's devotion to her pups, any ideas? 🐾💕

06/16/2025

🏅 We are honored to be a part of such a progressive and important organization. Our County Commisioners fund surgery and we do the work, as volunteers, free. We educate. Coordinate, write ordinance, meet officials, schedule and transport to surgery and provide traps. As DeKalb grows we plan to continue in efforts to create a solid animal care and control in our County.

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Animal Welfare Alliance of DeKalb Co. was established in 2024 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit to address the growing need for enhanced animal care and control within DeKalb County. Founded by a husband and wife, they bring together over 30 years of experience in animal sheltering, livestock and large animal care, multi-unit veterinary hospital management, and information technology and security!

They started by offering TNR services in rural areas, thanks to the strong support and funding from the DeKalb County Commissioners. As a 100% volunteer-run organization, they serve all of DeKalb County, with a particular focus on the unincorporated areas that often have less access to spay and neuter resources. In the last year, the organization helped facilitate 115 TNR surgeries, as well as created the Duchess fund, to assist those in the community with vet care expenses thanks to funding from the County Commissioners. Additionally, they foster animals for other nonprofits, primarily mothers and their puppies, and they've had the pleasure of caring for nearly 300 of them so far.

06/15/2025

Wishing all of the fathers out there the best of days!
We have extra props for Jake, co-founder, operational genius, and also the best daddy to his son, all of our animal "kids," and all of the foster pups that call him dad.

06/13/2025

🐈‍⬛ Our #1 mission is to provide $0-$50 cat spay and neuter surgery to residents of DeKalb County, Indiana.
🐴We also love to share facts about all animals. Check out a Fact Friday featuring our own senior crew of equine.

06/12/2025

We are so happy to share the news that all of our foster pups were adopted in record time!

06/12/2025

*update, these 2 nailed it on the job interview and are going to be working cats at a gorgeous horse farm! Thanks for the networking help*
🐁 Are you in need of organic mouse control services? We have two cats available to a barn in a county area, where they will provide pest control services. 1 male, 1 female, both spayed/neutered and ear-tipped.
They require confinement with food, water, and litter box for 2 weeks prior to release. We can provide assistance with necessary supplies. 🐈‍⬛️

06/10/2025

🕵️‍♂️A reputable shelter or rescue will spay and neuter ALL animals before adoption. We collaborated with our County in 2024 to establish enforceable laws to support the state code, which has been in place since 2021, requiring all animals to be altered before adoption. 😳This is important because accidental litters can occur quickly for new adopters and contribute to the issue of overpopulation. Animals can be in foster care or other shelter-supervised solutions, unaltered, but adoption requires neutering or spaying. No exceptions (for great reason!)🐾🐾 No vouchers or agreements to alter later are legal.

06/10/2025

🐾We realized we forgot to tell you all (the many inquiries about Janine may have reminded us). We adopted Janine! We loathe the term "foster failure" as there is NO part of fostering that fails. She is a fantastic foster find, and so are we.
Check out the stories of some of our foster moms and pups at awadekalbco.org under the puppy BnB tab! We promise you won't have a dry eye after reading. 💜
The massive interest in Janine, a 4-5-year-old adult, prompts us to remind you that many purebred and beautiful breed blends are available in local shelters. Adopt from a reputable shelter. If you cannot adopt, consider fostering, donating, or share info. All of it leads to ending the pet overpopulation crisis. 🥹

06/09/2025

Our most recent fosters are back to HFW and will be adoptable soon! Check these babies out.